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by Per Ake Persson
September 10, 2009
WBA cruiser champ Guillermo Jones will
finally defend the title he won almost a year ago in Germany with a tko
win over Firat Arslan. Jones will take on Russian Valery Brudov October
24 in Cannet Cote dīAzur, France, with AMI Production promoting.
Matchproom Promotions in the UK will stage the fight for the vacant EBU
heavyweight title between Albert Sosnowski and Paolo Vidoz at a date to
be announced. The parties, Matchroom and OPI 2000, came to an agreement
before purse bids were held.
Arena Box Promotion have fighters in action on both sides of the
Atlantic September 18. In Castellon, Spain, heavies Steffen Kretschmann
and Konstantin Airich as well middleweight Mahir Oral return after
losses last time out. In Miami, the same night, Cuban superbantam
Guillermo Rigondeaux face Giovanni Andrade, a very experienced opponent
for a 2-0 pro.
WBA supermiddle champ Mikkel Kessler will have Ricard Olsen as chief
cornerman on Saturday in Herning when he take on Gusmyl Perdomo. Olsen
have trained Mikkel for his entire career but for the training camp in
Berlin for this fight Kessler have had Jimmy Montoya as trainer. As
cutman Mikkel use as always "Irish" Paddy Byrne.
Babilon Promotions are not the biggest on the Polish scene but they are
certainly the busiest. On their show in Jozefow September 20 cruisers
Krzysztof Glowacki and Lukasz Rusiewicz headline in a scheduled
six-rounder.
Spanish flyweight veteran Rafael Lozano continues to plug away and face
Brazilian Reginaldo Martins Carvalho September 25 in Cordoba.
Jr light prospect Romain Jacob, from the famous fighting Jacob family.
have his first fight of the new season October 9 in Calais.
Universum Box Promotion stage an open day in their famous gym at
Waldoerfer street in Hamburg September 20. Both Universum and Spotlight
Boxing fighters and trainers are to be in attendance and itīs all a part
of Universumīs 25th anniversary.
Two Hungarian fighters fighting in Hungary but a Slovakian title at
stake? Yes, thatīs what took place September 4 in Bekes when
middleweight Zoltan Surman won a technical decision over Gabor Balogh
with the Slovakian International title at stake. Itīs possible since
both men are licensed in Slovakia.
K 2 East bring big heavyweight Alexander Ustinov to Los Angeles
September 26 and a spot on the undercard to Klitschko vs Arreola.
Ustinov face Cedric Boswell in what will be an interesting test for
Ustinov.
Source: This material is provided by Boxing Press, and Per is the
BP European Feature Writer.
